EP2328376B1 - Handover method and mobile station - Google Patents

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EP2328376B1
EP2328376B1 EP08876916.1A EP08876916A EP2328376B1 EP 2328376 B1 EP2328376 B1 EP 2328376B1 EP 08876916 A EP08876916 A EP 08876916A EP 2328376 B1 EP2328376 B1 EP 2328376B1
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  • the present invention relates to communication field, and in particular to a handover method and a mobile station.
  • wireless communication system utilizes electromagnetic wave and fixed or mobile wireless communication terminals (for example, either mobile wireless phones or laptops with a wireless communication card can be called a terminal) to communicate.
  • a terminal is located in the wireless coverage of the system, and communicates with the system via a wireless communication channel.
  • the wireless communication channel divides electromagnetic wave frequency into a plurality of carrier frequencies, each of which is one wireless communication channel.
  • the wireless communication system provides wireless coverage in a certain geographic region, referred to as a cell, with a designed wireless channel by a Base Station (BS).
  • BS Base Station
  • the BS shall be located in the center of the cell.
  • one or more relay stations can be provided between terminals and the BS.
  • the relay station functions as a BS.
  • the handover technology can be classified into hard handover and soft handover; wherein the hard handover is characterized by first interrupting the connection with the original serving station and then establishing a service connection with the target station.
  • the process for the hard handover may comprise the following sub-process: 1) network topology acquisition (cell re-selection); 2) handover preparation and initialization; 3) the target station downlink synchronization; and 4) terminating the connection with the original serving station and entering a new cell.
  • the current terminals can also access to the traditional stations (support the BSs and relay stations of old communication protocols).
  • the frame structure zone of the advanced stations (supporting the BSs or relay stations of new communication protocols) is divided into an advanced zone and a legacy zone.
  • the current terminal can operate in the advanced zone or the legacy zone, while the traditional terminal can only operate in the legacy zone.
  • the legacy zone of the advanced station is one traditional station.
  • the terminal is one traditional terminal.
  • the process of the current terminal handing over from the traditional station to the advanced station comprises two steps: the first step, in which the current terminal hands over from the traditional station to the legacy zone of the advanced station; and the second step, in which the current terminal switches from the legacy zone of the advanced station to the advanced zone of the advanced station.
  • one object of the present invention is to provide a handover method and a mobile station, so as to solve above problem in related art.
  • a handover method which is used for a mobile station handing over from a serving station to the target zone of the target station.
  • the handover method comprises: the mobile station handing over from the serving station to a legacy zone of a frame structure of the target station, and sending a first ranging request message in the legacy zone; the mobile station receiving a first ranging request response message, and acquiring relevant information of the target zone carried in the first ranging request response message; and the mobile station switching to the target zone according to the relevant information.
  • the method further comprises: acquiring an uplink parameter after the synchronization between the mobile station and the legacy zone, and sending a first initial ranging code, wherein, in the case that the first ranging code is a random ranging code, a random access method is employed to send the random ranging code; and the mobile station receiving a initial ranging response information.
  • the method further comprises: the mobile station sending a first initial ranging code on a pre-allocated ranging resource after the synchronization between the mobile station and the legacy zone, wherein in the case that the first initial ranging code is a specified ranging code, a random access method is employed to send the random ranging code; in the case that the first initial ranging code is a random ranging code, a method of transmission on specified time slot is employed to send the random ranging code; and in the case that the first initial ranging code is the specified ranging code, the method of transmission on the specified time slot is employed to send the specified ranging code; and the mobile station receiving the initial ranging response information.
  • the process that the mobile station sends the first ranging request information in the legacy zone is embodied as: the mobile station sending the first ranging request message on the pre-allocated resource in the legacy zone; or the mobile station sending the first ranging request message according to the initial ranging response information.
  • the relevant information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following: ranging resource information of the target zone, connection information of the target zone, and parameter information of the target zone.
  • the ranging resource information of the target zone is a competitive ranging resource or a non-competitive ranging resource.
  • the ranging resource information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following: time parameter(s), frequency parameter(s), sub-channel parameter(s), a base station identifier, preamble parameter(s), a handover identifier of the target zone, and ranging code parameter(s).
  • connection information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of the mobile station in the target zone, and connection identifier(s), data corresponding to each connection identifier, and pre-allocated basic connection identifier(s) of the mobile station in the target zone.
  • the parameter information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following: handover mode, handover operation mode, resource retaining identifier, handover indication allocation identifier, handover optimization guiding information, network assistant handover support information, and serve level prediction information.
  • the method further comprises: the mobile station sending a second ranging request message to the target zone.
  • the method further comprises: the mobile station sending the second initial ranging code on ranging resource pre-allocated by an association operation after the synchronization between the mobile station and the target zone, wherein in the case that the second initial ranging code is a random ranging code, a random access method is employed to send the random ranging code; in the case that the second initial ranging code is a specified ranging code, the random access method is employed to send the specified ranging code; in the case that the second initial ranging code is the random ranging code, a method of transmission on specified time slot is employed to send the random ranging code; and in the case that the second initial ranging code is the specified ranging code, the method of transmission on the specified time slot is employed to send the specified ranging code; and the mobile station receiving the initial ranging response information.
  • the process that the mobile station sends the second ranging request message to the target zone is embodied as: the mobile station sending the second ranging request message on the pre-allocated resource in the target zone; or the mobile station sending the second ranging request message according to adjusted initial ranging response information.
  • the method further comprises: the mobile station receiving the ranging response message, and acquiring at least one of ranging resource information, adjustment parameters, and success indication of initial ranging in the ranging response message.
  • the mobile station is a mobile station supporting both old communication protocol and new communication protocol
  • the serving station is a base station or relay station supporting the old communication protocol
  • the target station is a base station or relay station supporting both old communication protocol and new communication protocol
  • the legacy zone of the target station utilizes the old communication protocol to provide service for the mobile station supporting the old communication protocol
  • the target zone of the target station supports the new communication protocol
  • a mobile station according to claim 15 which is configured to be handed over from a serving station to a target zone of a frame structure of a target station.
  • the mobile station comprises: a first handover module, configured to make the mobile station hand over from the serving station to a legacy zone of a frame structure of the target station; a sending module , configured to send a first ranging request message to the legacy zone; a receiving module, configured to receive a first ranging request response message, and acquire relevant information of the target zone carried in the first ranging request response message; and a second handover module, configured to make the mobile station switch to the target zone according to the relevant information.
  • a first handover module configured to make the mobile station hand over from the serving station to a legacy zone of a frame structure of the target station
  • a sending module configured to send a first ranging request message to the legacy zone
  • a receiving module configured to receive a first ranging request response message, and acquire relevant information of the target zone carried in the first ranging request response message
  • a second handover module configured to make the mobile station switch to the target zone according to the relevant information.
  • the mobile station acquires relevant information of the target zone carried in the ranging request response message in the legacy zone of the target station, and switches to the target zone according to the acquired relevant information, thus unnecessary procedures in the two handover processes can be reduced and the handover efficiency of the compatible communication system can be enhanced.
  • the present invention provides a solution comprising: after the mobile station hands over from the serving station to the legacy zone of the target station, a ranging request message is transmitted in the legacy zone of the target station; after the mobile station receives a ranging request response message, it acquires relevant information of the target zone carried in the ranging request response message, and the mobile station switches to the target zone.
  • above mobile station is a mobile station supporting old communication protocol and new communication protocol
  • the serving station is a base station or relay station supporting the old communication protocol
  • the target station is a base station or relay station supporting the old communication protocol and the new communication protocol
  • the legacy zone of the target station employs the old communication protocol to provide service for the mobile station supporting the old communication protocol
  • the target zone of the target station supports the new communication protocol.
  • a handover method which is used for a mobile station handing over from a serving station to a target zone of a target station.
  • Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the handover method according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Fig.1 , which comprises the following processes.
  • step S102 the mobile station hands over from the serving station to the legacy zone of the target station, and sends a ranging request message in the legacy zone; when sending the ranging request message, the mobile station may send the ranging request message on the pre-allocated resource of the legacy zone, and send the ranging request message according to the initial ranging response information.
  • step S 102 the mobile station needs to perform an initial ranging firstly, wherein the initial ranging have two methods, hereinafter, the two methods will be explained in detail.
  • an uplink parameter is acquired after the synchronization between the mobile station and the legacy zone, and an initial ranging code is sent, and in the case that the initial ranging code is a random ranging code, a random access method is employed to send the random ranging code.
  • the mobile station receives initial ranging response information, wherein the initial ranging response information at least comprises: using the received ranging code as the identifier fed back to the mobile station, using the relative or absolute value of the parameter as the indication of adjustment.
  • the mobile station sends a initial ranging code on a pre-allocated ranging resource after the synchronization between the mobile station and the legacy zone, wherein in the case that the initial ranging code is a specified ranging code, the random access method is employed to send the random ranging code; in the case that the initial ranging code is a random ranging code, the method of transmission on a specified time slot is employed to send the random ranging code; in the case that the initial ranging code is a specified ranging code, the method of transmission on the specified time slot is employed to send the specified ranging code.
  • the mobile station receives the initial ranging response information, wherein the initial ranging response information at least comprises: the received ranging code is considered as the identifier fed back to the mobile station, the parameter relative or absolute value is considered as the indication of adjustment.
  • the mobile station may send the initial ranging code after acquiring the uplink parameter, or send the initial ranging code on the ranging resource allocated by the association operation. It is to be noted that after the mobile station initiates a scan request of the mobile station, the scan request response message of the mobile station which is received by the mobile station contains the indication on whether the target zone ranging is performed during the scan period and the indication of the ranging response method, wherein such ranging is defined as the association operation in the 16e standard.
  • Step S 104 the mobile station receives the ranging request response message and acquires relevant information of the target zone carried in the ranging request response message, wherein, the relevant information of the target zone comprises: ranging resource information of the target zone, connection information of the target zone, and parameter information of the target zone; hereinafter, the above mentioned information will be described in detail.
  • Step S 106 the mobile station switches to the target zone according to the relevant information.
  • the above method further comprises:
  • the mobile station further needs to perform the following processes.
  • WiMAX World Interoperability for Microwave Access
  • WiMAX is a Broadband Wireless Access Metropolitan Area Network based on IEEE802.16, whose basic purpose is to ensure the interconnection and interoperability among wireless equipments of different manufactures in the circumstance of accessing to a metropolitan area network, and is mainly used for providing one last mile high speed broadband access and future personal mobile communication service for home, enterprise, and mobile communication networks.
  • Standard IEEE802.16 defines the specification for physical layer (PHY) and Medium Access Control layer (MAC), and is directed to a new air interface standard provided for microwave frequency band; wherein, IEEE802.16m comprised thereof for relay structure is currently the newest standard technology and established on the basis of IEEE802.16e and IEEE802.16j.
  • 16m BS is the target station
  • 16e or 16j BS is the serving BS
  • 16m terminal is a mobile station.
  • the 16m frame structure zone is divided into a legacy zone and a target zone (16m zone).
  • Fig.2 is the flow chart according to the Example 1 of embodiments of the present invention, as shown in Fig.2 , which comprises the following processes: the 16m terminal disconnecting with the 16e/16j BS and handing over from 16e/16j BS to the fast ranging IE of the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; after completing the handover, the 16m terminal sending the initial ranging request message; receiving the ranging response information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; acquiring the relevant information of the target zone and handing over to the 16m zone of the 16m BS frame according to the relevant information of the target zone, and performing the subsequent access process.
  • the 16m terminal disconnecting with the 16e/16j BS and handing over from 16e/16j BS to the fast ranging IE of the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; after completing the handover, the 16m terminal sending the initial ranging request message; receiving the ranging response information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; acquiring the relevant
  • Fig.3 is the signaling flow chart of Example 1 according to embodiments of the present invention. As shown in Fig.3 , the process procedure comprises the following steps.
  • Step S302 the 16m terminal initiates a handover request (MOB_MSHO-REQ).
  • the 16m terminal may make the determination on its own and notify the determination to the 16e/16j BS; or the 16e/16j BS may make the determination and notify the determination to the 16m terminal, wherein the 16m terminal decide on its own to utilize a message containing one or more handover target stations to notify the 16e/16j BS; the 16e/16j BS makes the determination and notifies the 16m terminal with the message containing one or more handover target stations, and the 16m terminal utilizes the message containing one or more handover target stations to return a feedback.
  • the 16m terminal may also cancel the handover from the 16e/16j BS to the legacy zone of a 16m BS, the 16m terminal makes the determination on its own and notifies the determination to the 16e/16j BS; or the 16e/16j BS makes the determination and notifies the determination to the 16m terminal, wherein the 16m terminal decide on its own to utilize a message containing a handover cancellation indication to notify the 16e/16j BS; the 16e/16j BS makes the determination and notifies the 16m terminal with the message containing the handover cancellation indication; and the 16m terminal returns a feedback.
  • Step S304 the 16e/16j BS sends a handover response message (MOB_BSHO_RSP) to the 16m terminal, wherein the response message comprises the resource for sending the handover request message (RNG_REQ) by the 16m BS.
  • MOB_BSHO_RSP handover response message
  • RNG_REQ handover request message
  • Step S306 the 16m terminal notifies the 16e/16j BS to exit the serving station (MOB_HO-IND) and enter the target station, and the 16m BS begins to send the handover request message and complete the subsequent network access procedure.
  • the 16m terminal needs to acquire the channel information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS from the 16e/16j BS after the 16m terminal hands over from the 16e/16j BS to the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; wherein, the broadcast message of the 16e/16j BS is a Downlink Channel Description (DCD) message or a neighboring cell broadcast(MOB-NBR_ADV) message of the 16m terminal, moreover, above DCD message comprises the type length value (TLV) coding compatible with the channel information of the neighboring cell.
  • DCD Downlink Channel Description
  • MOB-NBR_ADV neighboring cell broadcast
  • the 16m terminal may perform a direct scan operation on the legacy zone of the 16m BS, and the scan on the 16m terminal can be initiated by the 16m terminal or by responding to the request from the 16e/16j BS; wherein the scan can be a periodical scan or a non-periodical scan.
  • the 16m terminal may acquire the channel information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS from the broadcast message of the legacy zone of the 16m BS, wherein, above broadcast message is a DCD message, moreover above DCD message comprises the TLV coding compatible with the channel information of the neighboring cell.
  • the 16m terminal reports the acquired channel information to the 16e/16j BS.
  • the 16m terminal may also perform an association operation.
  • the association operation performed by the 16m terminal may comprise sending a ranging code to the legacy zone of the 16m BS under the instruction by the 16e/16j BS, and the 16m BS sending a ranging response containing the adjustment information in the legacy zone or sending feedback to the 16e/16j BS via the transmitting ranging of the core network, then unicasting or broadcasting to the 16m terminal by the 16e/16j BS.
  • the 16m terminal When the 16m terminal terminates the connection with the 16e/16j BS, the 16m terminal sends a message containing a connection termination indication to the 16e/16j BS. After receiving the message, the 16e/16j BS initiates a timer; upon the timer expiration, the 16e/16j BS releases all resources connected with the 16m terminal; and before the timer expiration, the 16e/16j BS cancels the timer if it receives a message containing a handover cancellation indication.
  • Step S308 the 16m terminal sends the ranging request message (RNG-REQ) in the Fast Ranging IE of the legacy zone.
  • Step S310 the 16m terminal acquires the ranging response information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS from the ranging response (RNG-RSP) message of the 16m BS, wherein, the 16m terminal acquires the ranging resource information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS or the connection information of the 16m zone or other parameters from the ranging response message.
  • RNG-RSP ranging response
  • the ranging resource information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises a competitive or non-competitive ranging resource, and the received ranging code is used as the identifier fed back to a certain mobile station, or the relative value or absolute value of a parameter is used as an adjustment indication;
  • the ranging resource information of the 16m zone of 16m BS comprises: a time parameter, a frequency parameter or a sub-channel parameter, a BS identifier, a preamble parameter, the handover identifier of the target zone ;
  • the connection information comprises identifier or the connection identifier of the mobile station in the 16m zone, the data corresponding to each connection identifier, the pre-allocated basic connection identifier; and other parameters comprise: handover mode, handover operation mode, resource retaining identifier, handover indication allocation identifier, handover optimization indication, network assistant handover support, serving level prediction.
  • Step S312 the ranging is completed in the 16m zone of the 16m BS, wherein the ranging can be the initial ranging, or sending a ranging request message, so as to denoting that the 16m BS has successfully accessed to the 16m zone.
  • Step S314 the subsequent general handover procedure is completed, wherein the procedure can be a completed access procedure or an optimized access procedure.
  • the subsequent handover procedure comprises, but not limits to the following steps.
  • Step 1 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises basic capability negotiation, the 16m terminal sending basic capability report message, and 16m BS sending a feedback message in the 16m zone station.
  • Step 2 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises authentication, the 16m terminal sending an authentication request message, and the 16m BS sending a feedback message in the 16m zone.
  • Step 3 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises registration, the 16m terminal sending a registration request message, and the 16m BS sending a feedback message in the 16m zone.
  • Step 4 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises establishing a connection, the 16m BS sending a connection establishing request message, and the 16m terminal sending a connection establishing response message.
  • an optimized procedure may omit one or more of above steps, and an optimized access procedure may omit one or more of above steps.
  • 16m BS is a target station
  • 16e or 16j BS is a serving BS
  • 16m terminal is a mobile station.
  • the 16m frame structure zone may be divided into a legacy zone and a target zone.
  • Fig.4 is the flow chart of the Example 2 according to embodiments of the present invention, as shown in Fig.4 , which comprises the following processes: the 16m terminal disconnecting with the 16e/16j BS and handing over from the 16e/16j BS to the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; after completing the handover, the 16m terminal sending a initial ranging code; sending a ranging request message after initial ranging by the 16m terminal is successful; performing the subsequent access process after switching to the 16m zone in the 16m BS frame according to the ranging response information of the legacy zone in the 16m BS frame.
  • the 16m terminal disconnecting with the 16e/16j BS and handing over from the 16e/16j BS to the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; after completing the handover, the 16m terminal sending a initial ranging code; sending a ranging request message after initial ranging by the 16m terminal is successful; performing the subsequent access process after switching to the 16m zone in the 16m BS frame according to the
  • Fig. 5 is the signaling flow chart of Example 2 according to embodiments of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 5 , the process procedure comprises the following steps.
  • Step S502 the 16m terminal initiates a handover request (MOB_MSHO_REQ).
  • the 16m terminal may make the determination itself and notify the determination to the 16e/16j BS; or the 16e/16j BS may make the determination and notify the determination to the 16m terminal, wherein the 16m terminal decide on its own to utilize a message containing one or more handover target stations to notify the 16e/16j BS; the 16e/16j BS makes the determination and notifies the 16m terminal with the message containing one or more handover target stations, and the 16m terminal utilizes the message containing one or more handover target stations to return a feedback.
  • the 16m terminal may also cancel the handover from the 16e/16j BS to the legacy zone of a 16m BS, the 16m terminal makes the determination on its own and notifies the determination to the 16e/16j BS; or the 16e/16j BS makes the determination and notifies the determination to the 16m terminal, wherein the 16m terminal itself decide to utilize a message containing a handover cancellation indication to notify the 16e/16j BS; the 16e/16j BS makes the determination and notifies the 16m terminal with the message containing the handover cancellation indication; and the 16m terminal returns a feedback.
  • Step S504 the 16e/16j BS sends a handover response message (MOB_BSHO_RSP) to the 16m terminal.
  • MOB_BSHO_RSP handover response message
  • Step S506 the 16m terminal notifies the 16e/16j BS to exit the serving station (MOB_HO-IND) and enter the target station, and the 16m BS begins the initial access.
  • the 16m terminal needs to acquire the channel information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS from the 16e/16j BS after the 16m terminal hands over from the 16e/16j BS to the legacy zone of the 16m BS frame structure zone; wherein, the broadcast message of the 16e/16j BS is a DCD message or a neighboring cell broadcast(MOB-NBR_ADV) message of the 16m terminal, moreover, above DCD message comprises the TLV coding compatible with the channel information of the neighboring cell.
  • the broadcast message of the 16e/16j BS is a DCD message or a neighboring cell broadcast(MOB-NBR_ADV) message of the 16m terminal, moreover, above DCD message comprises the TLV coding compatible with the channel information of the neighboring cell.
  • the 16m terminal may perform a direct scan operation on the legacy zone of the 16m BS, and the scan on the 16m terminal can be initiated by the 16m terminal or by responding to the request from the 16e/16j BS; wherein the scan can be a periodical scan or a non-periodical scan.
  • the 16m terminal may acquire the channel information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS from the broadcast message of the legacy zone of the 16m BS, wherein, above broadcast message is a DCD message, moreover above DCD message comprises the TLV coding compatible with the channel information of the neighboring cell.
  • the 16m terminal reports the acquired channel information to the 16e/16j BS.
  • the 16m terminal may also perform an association operation, wherein, the association operation by the 16m terminal may comprise sending a ranging code to the legacy zone of the 16m BS under the instruction by the 16e/16j BS, and the 16m BS sending a ranging response containing the adjustment information in the legacy zone or sending feedback to the 16e/16j BS via the transmitting ranging of the core network, then unicasting or broadcasting to the 16m terminal by the 16e/16j BS.
  • the association operation by the 16m terminal may comprise sending a ranging code to the legacy zone of the 16m BS under the instruction by the 16e/16j BS, and the 16m BS sending a ranging response containing the adjustment information in the legacy zone or sending feedback to the 16e/16j BS via the transmitting ranging of the core network, then unicasting or broadcasting to the 16m terminal by the 16e/16j BS.
  • the 16m terminal When the 16m terminal terminates the connection with the 16e/16j BS, the 16m terminal sends a message containing a connection termination indication to the 16e/16j BS. After receiving the message, the 16e/16j BS initiates a timer; upon the timer expiration, the 16e/16e BS releases all resources connected with the 16m terminal; and before the timer expiration, the 16e/16j BS cancels the timer if it receives a message containing a handover cancellation indication.
  • Step S508 after synchronizing with the legacy zone of the 16m BS, the 16m terminal can acquire the uplink parameter, send the ranging code and adjust the uplink parameter according to the feedback in the legacy zone by the 16m BS, wherein, the process that the 16m terminal sends the ranging code comprises that: the random ranging code is sent by using the random access method; or after synchronizing with the legacy zone of the 16m BS, the 16m terminal sends the ranging code on the ranging resource allocated by the association operation, and adjusts the uplink parameter according to the feedback in the legacy zone by the 16m BS; wherein, the process that the 16m terminal sends the ranging code in the ranging resource allocated by the association operation comprises: sending random ranging code by using random access method, sending specified ranging code by using the random access method, sending the random ranging code in specified time slot, and sending the specified ranging code in the specified time slot.
  • the ranging response information of the legacy zone of the 16m BS utilizes the received ranging code as the identifier fed back to a certain mobile station, using the relative value or the absolute value of the parameter as the adjustment indication.
  • Step S510 the 16m terminal acquires the resource information of the ranging request message sent by the 16m zone of the 16m BS from the ranging response (RNG-RSP) message contained the initial ranging success indication of the legacy zone of the 16m BS, and the resource information of the 16m zone of above 16m BS utilizes the received ranging code as the identifier fed back to a certain mobile station.
  • RNG-RSP ranging response
  • Step S512 after the initial ranging is completed in the legacy zone, the 16m terminal sends ranging request message (RNG-REQ) and acquires the ranging response information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS from the ranging response message (RNG-RSP) of the 16m BS.
  • RNG-REQ ranging request message
  • RNG-RSP ranging response message
  • Step S514 the 16m terminal acquires the ranging response information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS from the ranging response (RNG-RSP) message of the 16m BS, wherein, the 16m terminal acquires the ranging resource information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS or the connection information of the 16m zone or other parameters from the ranging response message.
  • RNG-RSP ranging response
  • the ranging resource information of the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises a competitive or non-competitive ranging resource, and the received ranging code is considered as the identifier fed back to a certain mobile station, or the relative value or absolute value of a parameter is used as an adjustment indication;
  • the ranging resource information of the 16m zone of 16m BS comprises: a time parameter, a frequency parameter or a sub-channel parameter, a BS identifier, a preamble parameter, the handover identifier of the target zone;
  • the connection information comprises identifier or the connection identifier of the mobile station in the 16m zone, the data corresponding to each connection identifier, the pre-allocated basic connection identifier; and above other parameters comprise: handover mode, handover operation mode, resource retaining identifier, handover indication allocation identifier, handover optimization indication, network assistant handover support, serving level prediction.
  • Step S516 the 16m terminal sends a ranging request message to the 16m target zone or performs the initial ranging, which is aimed to indicate the 16m terminal has successfully accessed to the 16m zone.
  • the subsequent procedure can be a completed access procedure or an optimized access procedure.
  • Step S518, the subsequent handover procedure comprises, but not limits to the following steps, and the optimized procedure may omit one or more of the steps.
  • Step 1 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises basic capability negotiation, the 16m terminal sending basic capability report message, and 16m BS sending a feedback message in the 16m zone station.
  • Step 2 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises authentication, the 16m terminal sending an authentication request message, and the 16m BS sending a feedback message in the 16m zone.
  • Step 3 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises registration, the 16m terminal sending a registration request message, and the 16m BS sending a feedback message in the 16m zone.
  • Step 4 the process that 16m terminal accesses to the 16m zone of the 16m BS comprises establishing a connection, the 16m BS sending a connection establishing request message, and the 16m terminal sending a connection establishing response message.
  • a mobile station which is configured to handover from a serving station to a target zone of a target station, which can be used to realize the handover method provided in above method embodiments.
  • Fig.6 is the block diagram of the mobile station according to embodiments of the present invention, as shown in Fig.6 , the mobile station comprise a first handover module 60, a sending module 62, a receiving module 64, a second handover module 66.
  • the first handover module 60 is configured to make the mobile station hand over from the serving station to a legacy zone of the target station.
  • the sending module 62 connected to the first handover module 60, is configured to send a ranging request message in the legacy zone after the first handover module 60 hands over the mobile station to the legacy zone; when sending the ranging request message, the sending module 62 may send the ranging request message on the resource pre-allocated by the legacy zone, and send the ranging request message according to the initial ranging response information.
  • a receiving module 64 is configured to receive a ranging request response message and acquire the relevant information of the target zone carried in the ranging request response message; wherein, the relevant information of the target zone particularly comprises: the ranging resource information of the target zone, the connection information of the target zone, the parameter information of the target zone; hereinafter, the above mentioned information will be described in detail.
  • the second handover module 66 connected to the receiving module 64, is configured to make the mobile station switch to the target zone according to the relevant information received by the receiving module 64.
  • Figs. 1-5 can be realized by the mobile station provided by embodiments according to the present invention, which will not be described tautologically herein.
  • the mobile station acquires the target zone relevant information contained in the ranging request response message in the legacy zone of the target station, and switches to the target zone according to the acquired relevant information, thus unnecessary procedures in the two handover processes can be reduced and the handover efficiency of the compatible communication system can be enhanced.
  • modules and steps of the present invention can be implemented with general computation devices integrated together or distributed in the network formed by a plurality of computation devices, alternatively implemented with program codes executable by computation devices, which can be stored in memory devices for execution by the computation devices, or implemented with ICs, or several modules or steps can be implemented with a single IC.
  • the present invention is not limited to any particular hardware and software combination.
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